Hacker News on 23 March 2009

• How to Write Fast Code
• Advice to Summer YC Applicants
• Mystery of honeybee Colony Collapse Disorder is probably solved
• Jakob Nielsen: Mega Drop-Down Navigation Menus Work Well
• Sometimes having nothing to lose can be a real advantage for a startup
• Rands In Repose: The Makers of Things
• Firefox New Tab Page: Cognitive Shield
• Ruby's Biggest Challenge for 2009
• Spell check your entire website in one go
• The myth of big salaries (it's all marketing)